Asian markets sprang higher on Tuesday as Japanese stocks rebounded and Chinese money rates eased, while the U.S. dollar got a fillip from a report the Federal Reserve would again trim its bond buying next week. A drop in the yen helped Tokyo’s Nikkei .N225 rally 1.5 percent and dragged […]
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S&P 500 climbs to highest level since May 2008
Stocks extended gains on Thursday, with the S&P 500 hitting its highest level since May 2008 on positive economic data and the European Central Bank’s agreement to launch a new and potentially unlimited bond-buying program. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI gained 217.45 points, or 1.67 percent, to 13,264.93. The […]
